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The Kennedy Center Broadway Center Stage production of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man will feature Tony Award® nominee Norm Lewis (Porgy and Bess) as Harold Hill, Tony Award®–winning actress Jessie Mueller (Waitress, Carousel, Beautiful) as Marian Paroo, and Broadway, film, and television star Rosie O’Donnell as Mrs. Paroo. Also joining the cast are Tony Award® nominee John Cariani (The Band’s Visit, Something Rotten!), Tony Award® nominee Veanne Cox (An American in Paris, Company), and Tony Award® nominee and Drama Desk winner David Pittu (The Front Page, Is He Dead?). The starry semi-staged concert production will be directed by Marc Bruni with choreography by Chris Bailey and music direction by James Moore. The Music Man will run February 6–11, 2019 in the Eisenhower Theater.

Exploring the breadth and depth of artistry within American ballet, the Kennedy Center’s Ballet Across America series returns May 28–June 2 for seven performances in the Opera House. This season’s engagement features deeper looks at women in ballet with companies led by distinguished Artistic Directors, Virginia Johnson (Dance Theatre of Harlem) and Lourdes Lopez (Miami City Ballet), and works choreographed by women. Dance Theatre of Harlem performs a co-commission by Claudia Schreier and Jessie Montgomery, and both companies are featured in a world premiere Kennedy Center commission by renowned choreographer Pam Tanowitz for a one-night-only celebration on May 31.

Multi-hyphenate artist and national arts leader Marc Bamuthi Joseph will join the Kennedy Center, effective Jan. 1, 2019 in the newly created role of Vice President and Artistic Director of Social Impact, charged with weaving together and advancing the Center’s many and varied local and national community engagement initiatives. “Marc is a transformative force on stage and behind the scenes, and the Kennedy Center and our entire community will benefit immensely from the creativity, passion, and dedication he brings to his craft and to the pivotal role that the arts play in shaping our social landscape,” commented Deborah F. Rutter, Kennedy Center President. “As we move towards the opening of the REACH in 2019, and our 50th anniversary in 2021–2022, Marc will lead us in thinking through the role of the Kennedy Center in relation to our local community and to the arts community at large. We are so very thrilled to welcome him to Washington.”

Kennedy Center News is now available to read online! The January-February issue features ballet and dance performances from American Ballet Theatre, National Ballet of China, Matthew Bourne's New Adventures, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical; Tap Dogs;NeoArctic from Denmark's Hotel Pro Forma and the Latvian Radio Choir; our annual Lunar New Year celebration; and much more!